Obituaries

May 20, 2009

Selma A. Nash, age 92, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Petersburg and Lawton, ND, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.

Selma Anna Tveito was born June 9, 1916 near Dahlen, ND, the daughter of Ole and Margit (Sorteberg) Tveito. She was raised on her parents' farm in Nash Township, near...

May 15, 2009

Allen C. Stein, age 72, resident of New Rockford, ND, formerly of the Devils Lake, ND area, died Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford.

Allen Clifford Stein was born March 20, 1937 in Nelson County, near Doyon, ND, the son of Peter and Etta (Brekken) Stein. He was...

May 4, 2009

Adeline M. Danielson, age 87, resident of Edmore , ND , died Monday, May 4, 2009 at First Care Health Center in Park River , ND .

Adeline Mae Ivesdal was born August 20, 1921 at Derrick , ND , the daughter of Gust and Lila (Larson) Ivesdal. She was raised on her parents farm near Derrick...

May 2, 2009

David Martin Teske, Cooperstown, ND, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 2, 2009. Dave was born April 13, 1944 in Steele, ND. Dave was child number 9 of 10 children of Edward and Dorothy (Wise) Teske, Steele, ND. He also was a first born generation American, as his father was born in Russia, who immigrated to this...

Apr 30, 2009

Doris Ona Bonde, age 91, resident of McVille, ND passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille.

Doris was born in rural Ross, ND on August 4, 1917 the daughter of William and Eva (Muck) Weidert. Doris was baptized in the Presbyterian faith at Pleasant Valley by Pastor...

Apr 29, 2009

Marilyn E. Hodek, age 63, resident of Devils Lake , ND , formerly of rural Lankin , ND , died Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks , ND .

Marilyn Elaine Heuchert was born October 20, 1945 at Grafton , ND , the daughter of George and Gladys (Baker) Heuchert. She was raised...

Apr 29, 2009

Orville Kermit "O.K." Anderson, age 95, resident of Lakota, ND, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at the Devils Lake Good Samaritan Center in Devils Lake , ND .

O.K. was born December 20, 1913 , the son of Olaf and Mary Kate (Stotts) Anderson, on his parents farm in Mountrail County , near Ross , ND ....

Apr 21, 2009

Charlotte Lee Berdal, age 61, resident of Grand Forks , ND passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Valley Memorial Homes Woodside Village in Grand Forks , ND .

Charlotte was born November 14, 1947 in Grand Forks , ND the daughter of Erick and Dorothy (Sypolt) Berdal. She grew up and attended school in the Hope,...

Apr 18, 2009

Norman Hanson, age 91, resident of Edmore, ND, died Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the First Care Health Center in Park River, ND.

Carl Norman Hanson was born June 10, 1917 at rural Edmore, ND, the son of Henry and Hilda (Beck) Hanson. He attended the Triumph Township School and was confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church, where...

Apr 16, 2009

Delores Ann Risgaard, age 80, resident of Tolna , ND died on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta , ND .

Delores was born April 17, 1928 in Nelson County to Edgar and Tina (Hannestad) Burke. She grew up in the Tolna, ND area and graduated from McVille High School ....

Apr 10, 2009

Wilfred Greywind, 60, of Edmore, ND, entered the spirit world on Friday, April 10, 2009 at the First Care Health Center in Park River, ND. Funeral services for Wilfred will be held on Thursday, April 16 at the Dakotah Oyate Lutheran Church in Tokio, ND at 12:00 noon. Pastor Larry Thiele will officiate and burial will follow in the...

Apr 4, 2009

John E. Huso, age 84, resident of McVille , ND passed away Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Nelson County Health System - Hospital in McVille , ND .

John was born May 11, 1924 in Lenora Township , Aneta , ND to Torger John and Cora (Johnson) Huso. He grew up and attended country school near...

Mar 29, 2009

Gladys Alvina Schmiginske, age 96, resident of McVille , ND died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Nelson County Health System - Care Center in McVille , ND.

Mom was born on a farm south of McVille on February 11, 1913 to Hans and Andrena (Erdahl) Elgin . She was the only child. She married Raymond Schmiginske...

Mar 28, 2009

Calmar C. Pederson, age 92, resident of rural Lakota, ND, died Saturday, March 28, 2009 at his home near Lakota.

Calmar Conrad Pederson was born December 21, 1916 in Hope Township of Ramsey County, the son of John and Anna (Mikkelson) Pederson. He was the first baby delivered by Dr. Engesather. He moved at a young age...

Mar 23, 2009

Valborg Rice, age 89, resident of Edmore, ND, died Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center in Park River, ND.

Valborg Hjelmstad was born March 8, 1920, the daughter of Peder L. and Beret (Silrum) Hjelmstad at the family homestead in Shepherd Township of Walsh County, ND. She attended elementary school there later...

Mar 9, 2009

William H. Kelly, age 91, resident of Lakota, ND, formerly of Devils Lake and Brocket, ND, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at the Lakota Good Samaritan Center.

William Henry Kelly was born February 13, 1918 in Newbre Township of Ramsey County, near Brocket, ND, the son of Patrick and Anna (Cash) Kelly. In 1924 he moved with...

Mar 2, 2009

Clarence J. Miller, age 93, resident of Lakota, ND, died Monday, March 2, 2009 at the Lakota Good Samaritan Center.

Clarence Jacob Miller was born August 19, 1915 in Sauter Township of Walsh County, ND, the son of Jake and Tina (Koubat) Miller. He was raised on the family farm near Brocket and attended the Sauter Township School. Clarence...

Mar 1, 2009

Mabel Parker, age 96, of Huron, South Dakota, and formerly of Cooperstown, North Dakota, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at her home in Huron. Her funeral service will be at 10:30 AM Tuesday, March 10th at the Cooperstown Funeral Chapel at Cooperstown. Visitation will be from 12 noon to 7 PM Monday at Cooperstown Funeral Chapel with a prayer...

Feb 23, 2009

Darrel O. LaPlant, age 70, resident of Binford, ND passed away Monday, February 23, 2009 at the Cooperstown Medical Center - Hospital in Cooperstown.

Darrel was born March 14, 1938 on the family farm near Jessie, ND, the son of Louis and Helen (Retzlaff) LaPlant. He grew up and attended school in Jessie and Kingsley Township before graduating from...

Feb 22, 2009

Linda M. Verke, age 60, resident of Edmore, ND, died Sunday, February 22, 2009 at her home in Edmore.

Linda Mae Deseth was born August 12, 1948 at Devils Lake, ND, the daughter of Jens and Elma (Danielson) Deseth. She graduated from Edmore High School in 1966. She then attended Joseph's School of Hair Design in Grand Forks, ND....